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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who used to deliver the papers?
(a) Paul Jimson.
(b) John Tilly.
(c) John Lambert.
(d) Sal Rosewater.

2. What is the name of the sheriff of the town?
(a) Jack Henderson.
(b) Horace Holton.
(c) Julius Candle.
(d) Collin Cool.

3. What is the name of the young girl the Judge wrote to in letters?
(a) Sarah Welsh.
(b) Emily Ross.
(c) Heather Falls.
(d) Elizabeth Stewart.

4. Which character has begun to weep at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Collin.
(c) Dolly.
(d) Riley.

5. How old is the Judge in the picture he sent to the girl in his letters?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Seventeen.

6. Where does Riley's mother go?
(a) Africa.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) An institution.

7. What is the name of Riley's sister who is in the protagonist's class in school?
(a) Julia.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Nadine.
(d) Sarah.

8. What is Catherine's last name?
(a) Fenwick.
(b) Creek.
(c) Talbo.
(d) Holdon.

9. Who comes to the narrator's house to pack his belongings in Chapter 1?
(a) Catherine.
(b) His father.
(c) Verena.
(d) Dolly.

10. Whose esteem does the Judge not enjoy?
(a) His wife's.
(b) His sons'.
(c) His daughters'.
(d) His father's.

11. Where does the narrator suggest they go to live in Chapter 2?
(a) An abandoned railway car.
(b) An abandoned shack.
(c) An abandoned house boat.
(d) An abandoned mansion.

12. How old is Dolly?
(a) Fourty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Fifty-five.

13. What is the name of the Minister's wife?
(a) Thelma.
(b) Verna.
(c) Selma.
(d) Hester.

14. What kind of grass blows in the grass harp?
(a) Reed grass.
(b) Indian grass.
(c) Crimson grass.
(d) Moss grass.

15. Where is the man who asked Catherine to marry him?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Miami.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the protagonist when the tree rebellion takes place?

2. What does Dolly want to give Catherine for her birthday in Chapter 1?

3. What does the Judge recall Dolly not having as a child?

4. Who tells the Judge in Chapter 2, "If you weren't so old, I'd damn well knock you down"?

5. What is Dolly's potion made to cure?

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